<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The meaning of the “urban planner” differs in every national spatial planning system. Its definition in the EU scale as a profession in public trust, responsible for practical and scientific domains, social activities, organisational and creational ones deviates significantly from the Polish definitions, where the urban planner is being recognised as someone who prepares a local plan project. This situation is a symptom of the spatial planning crisis in Poland, and a crisis of the profession as well. This situation needs urgent reforms, which should bring back the situation of spatial planning as the most important tool for spatial management.</p></abstract>

The meaning of the “urban planner” differs in every national spatial planning system. Its definition in the EU scale as a profession in public trust, responsible for practical and scientific domains, social activities, organisational and creational ones deviates significantly from the Polish definitions, where the urban planner is being recognised as someone who prepares a local plan project. This situation is a symptom of the spatial planning crisis in Poland, and a crisis of the profession as well. This situation needs urgent reforms, which should bring back the situation of spatial planning as the most important tool for spatial management.

Urban Planners in Poland. Practicing the Urban Planning Profession in Poland and Other European Countries

Department of Urban and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Architecture

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The meaning of the “urban planner” differs in every national spatial planning system. Its definition in the EU scale as a profession in public trust,...

Urban Planners in Poland. Practicing the Urban Planning Profession in Poland and Other European Countries

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 39 - 51

Received: May 04, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.071.8553

Keywords
urban planner, spatial planning

© 2020 Krzysztof Kafka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Urban Planners in Poland. Practicing the Urban Planning Profession in Poland and Other European Countries

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 39 - 51

Received: May 04, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.071.8553

Keywordsurban planner, spatial planning

© 2020 Krzysztof Kafka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
urban planner, spatial planning